Valencia Marathon

The marathon was first held in 1981 as a popular race known as the Marató Popular de València.

From 2011 to 2014, the marathon was known as the Divina Pastora Valencia Marathon.[4]

In 2015, the marathon was known as the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon.[4]

On 7 September 2020, the race organizer announced the cancellation of the 2020 in-person edition of the mass race due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually, transferring their entry to 2021, or obtaining a full refund.[5] Three days later, on 10 September, the organizer announced that an "Elite Edition" of the race would be held on 6 December, and that the event would also include a half marathon race that year.[6][7][8] Both races would use a course very similar to that used in the Valencia Half Marathon, with marathoners running two laps of the course.[9][10][lower-alpha 1] On the day of the race, four half marathon runners broke the previous world record of 58:01, with Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie setting a new world record of 57:32.[12][13] In addition, four marathon runners broke the previous course record of 2:03:51, with Kenyan Evans Chebet setting a new course record of 2:03:00, the sixth-fastest marathon at the time, while Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir also broke the previous course record of 2:18:30 with a new course record of 2:17:16, the fifth-fastest marathon at the time.[9][1][14][15][lower-alpha 2]

External images
Course map of full marathon in 2019[11]
Course map of full marathon in 2020[9]
Course map of half marathon in 2020[9]

Passing Torres de Serranos in 2006

The marathon runs on roughly a loop course that begins at Pont de Montolivet and ends next to the nearby Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe.[16][17][18]

The course for the elite-only races in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic used a modified version of the Valencia Half Marathon course, with marathon runners running two laps.[10][9]

Key:

   Course record (in bold)

   National championship race

Marathon

Ed.	Year	Men's winner	Time[lower-alpha 3]	Women's winner	Time[lower-alpha 3]	Rf.
1	1981	Teodoro Pérez (ESP)	2:26:57	Nuria de Miguel (ESP)	3:20:50
2	1982	Antonio Castells (ESP)	2:28:19	Nuria de Miguel (ESP)	3:29:26
3	1983	Teodoro Pérez (ESP)	2:20:58	María Victoria García (ESP)	3:14:43
4	1984	Vicente Antón (ESP)	2:14:01	Juana María Pablos (ESP)	2:57:28
5	1985	Ramiro Matamoros (ESP)	2:16:56	Nuria de Miguel (ESP)	3:03:49
6	1986	Paweł Lorens (POL)	2:16:31	Małgorzata Szumińska (POL)	2:46:31
7	1987	Mirosław Bugaj (POL)	2:19:06	Ewa Wrzosek (POL)	2:46:54
8	1988	Alfonso Abellán (ESP)	2:14:42	María Luisa Irízar (ESP)	2:41:03
9	1989	Mirosław Dzienisik (POL)	2:19:09	Elisenda Pucurull (ESP)	2:46:19
10	1990	Radamés González (CUB)	2:15:57	Elisenda Pucurull (ESP)	2:43:36
11	1991	Sergey Prokhorov (RUS)	2:17:15	Elisenda Pucurull (ESP)	2:43:14
12	1992	Cephas Matafi (ZIM)	2:15:14	Yekaterina Khramenkova (BLR)	2:36:03
13	1993	Leonid Shvetsov (RUS)	2:15:04	Mónica Pont (ESP)	2:35:30
14	1994	Yevgeniy Zarakovskiy (RUS)	2:16:20	Zinaida Semenova (RUS)	2:34:08
15	1995	Lars Andervang (SWE)	2:19:20	Valentina Lyakhova (RUS)	2:46:34
16	1996	Eduardo Alcaina (ESP)	2:17:53	Zinaida Semenova (RUS)	2:43:05
17	1997	Eduardo Alcaina (ESP)	2:18:07	Faustina María Ramos (ESP)	2:53:35
18	1998	Samuel Okemwa (KEN)	2:19:51	Esther Pedrosa (ESP)	2:44:30
19	1999	Jackton Odhiambo (KEN)	2:15:35	Olga Sokolova (RUS)	2:42:27
20	2000	Thomas Magut (KEN)	2:15:05	María Luisa Muñoz (ESP)	2:32:34
21	2001	John Miaka (KEN)	2:13:46	María Luisa Larraga (ESP)	2:30:10
22	2002	Samuel Tangus (KEN)	2:13:05	María Abel (ESP)	2:28:08
23	2003	Samuel Tangus (KEN)	2:14:43	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	2:46:33
24	2004	Eric Kiptum (KEN)	2:14:32	Živilė Balčiūnaitė (LIT)	2:41:05
25	2005	Rachid Ghanmouni (MAR)	2:14:03	Nadezhda Zolotareva (RUS)	2:43:24
26	2006	Derba Bedade (ETH)	2:14:23	Teresa Gracia (ESP)	2:57:02
27	2007	Samson Loywapet (KEN)	2:12:04	Alemu Zinash (ETH)	2:39:08
28	2008	Philip Manyim (KEN)	2:11:29	María José Pueyo (ESP)	2:32:22
29	2009	Andrés Micó (ESP)	2:26:43	Maxine McKinnon (GBR)	2:50:46
30	2010	David Njagi (KEN)	2:09:45	Gladys Chebet (KEN)	2:42:06
31	2011	Isaiah Kiplagat (KEN)	2:07:59	Marshet Jimma (ETH)	2:34:23
32	2012	Luka Kanda (KEN)	2:08:14	Birhane Dibaba (ETH)	2:29:22
33	2013	Felix Keny (KEN)	2:07:14	Azalech Masresha (ETH)	2:27:01
34	2014	Jacob Kendagor (KEN)	2:08:39	Beata Naigambo (NAM)	2:30:54
35	2015	John Mwangangi (KEN)	2:06:13	Beata Naigambo (NAM)	2:26:57
36	2016	Victor Kipchirchir (KEN)	2:07:36	Valary Aiyabei (KEN)	2:24:46	[19][4]
37	2017	Sammy Kitwara (KEN)	2:05:15	Aberu Zennebe (ETH)	2:26:17	[19][4]
38	2018	Leul Gebresilase (ETH)	2:04:31	Ashete Bekere (ETH)	2:21:14
39	2019	Kinde Atanaw (ETH)	2:03:51	Roza Dereje (ETH)	2:18:30	[20]
40	2020	Evans Chebet (KEN)	2:03:00	Peres Jepchirchir (KEN)	2:17:16	[15]

Half marathon

The 40th edition of the marathon, held during the coronavirus pandemic, was an elite-only event that also included a half marathon race.[9][7][8]

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time	Rf.
2020	Kibiwott Kandie (KEN)	57:32 WR	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	1:05:18	[21]

Sources:

• Previous editions results
• https://arrs.run/HP_ValMa.htm

Wins by country

Country	Men's race	Women's race	Total
Spain	9	17	26
Kenya	17	2	19
Ethiopia	3	9	12
Russia	3	5	8
Poland	3	2	5
Namibia	0	2	2
Cuba	1	0	1
Zimbabwe	1	0	1
Sweden	1	0	1
Morocco	1	0	1
Belarus	0	1	1
Lithuania	0	1	1
United Kingdom	0	1	1

• Official website